I LOVE the Little Drummer Boy. Just because they made a sappy stop-action animated show around is no reason to disparage the song itself.

it just drags on and on and on... so slow and monotonous and tedious and repetitive, pa rum pa pum pum.

and a partridge in a pear tree........

Bing Crosby with David Bowie singing descant (Peace on Earth) - lovely.
Nana Mouskouri singing the French version (L'Enfant au Tambour) - almost unearthly beauty.

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"Sur la route pa rum pa pa pum. Petit tambour quit va pa rump pa pa pum. Il sens ca coeur quit bas pa rum papa pum. Au rhythm de ces pas pa rum pa pa bum, rum pa pa pum, rum pa pa pum"

back in the 70s and 80s in northern Nevada.
They had to make a couple bucks on their song.
Ain’t getting rich in casino lounges.

The Christmas Shoes - NewSong

Horrible song, about a kid who wants to buy new shoes for his dying mom so “she can look pretty if she meets Jesus” that night.

Please Daddy don’t get Drunk this Christmas - John Denver

Apparently daddy has a drinking problem and always passes out under the tree after knocking it down. But the kid doesn’t understand that daddy needs to drink after being forced to listen to the Christmas Shoes all day at work.

Wonderful Christmastime - Paul McCartney

Even a genius like Paul has a bad day occasionally. Horrible.

There are several more but I don’t want to steal all the thunder here.

...member a cappella group has a rendition with a lot of variation in it, which relieves the boredom so typical of most versions. You might consider giving it a try.

I adore their Jolene that they recorded with Dolly herself.

but they saved the song by elevating it into a choral piece!

The Grandma song comes to mind, or anything with barking dogs or meowing cats.

I have a massive collection of Christmas music, and there is a whole sub genre of Christmas blues songs from the 20’s and 30’s that are the same slow I-IV-V chord progression with slight variations in lyrics, but all along the lines of:

“Woke up this morning, it was Christmas Day
It’s gonna be a blue Christmas, ‘cuz my baby went away…”

I have dozens of these types of songs in my collection.

As much as I like the blues, these songs are intolerable.

but yeah, I doubt any parents of a newborn would welcome someone banging on a drum as they're coddling their child.

I can handle just about any other Christmas song, but not that one.

"Is that tape recorder still running?"

it makes my jaw hurt listening to it. I believe it is the sole reason I now hate Christmas music.

That's news to me.




Some people just have bupkis taste and are total sticks in the mud. Also, peoples unsolicited opinions are not facts.

The song is Felice Navidad. The refrain, “I wanna wish you a merry Christmas, I wanna wish you a merry Christmas,” repeated ad nauseum in a hectoring shout will kick the Christmas spirit right out of you. Hear it twice while commuting and you’ll aim for a concrete abutment.

I refer you to the Pee Wee Herman episode where Grace Jones sings Little Drummer Boy.

And goddamnitall… I had to edit this because I originally misremembered that it was Charro… She actually did Feliz Navidad, which was equally horrendous.

The Queen of Christmas.

Hate that song lol

I like this one though:

The lyric "Yet, in thy dark streets shineth..."

This is my 2nd fav version ...

Orchestra.

He ripped off “Stewball” (more correctly Skewball) for the melody. He did spare us any Yoko caterwauling on it.

“I Found The Brains of Santa Claus” is bad
“Santa Claus Has Got The AIDS This Year” by Tiny Tim is vomit inducing.

Many agree. Check out these sites.

https://littledrummerboychallenge.com

https://www.facebook.com/LittleDrummerBoyChallenge

If that isn't the worst then I don't know what is. If you're feeling masochistic enough you can find the thing on YT.
It makes Little Drummer Boy sound great.

I mean... c'mon... this is art.

It really plays up the percussive aspect of the song, as it should.

As far as go; "Grandma Got Runover..., the Chipmonks..., once is quite enough for the season. 😄

I get so sick of it by the beginning of December. I hate going into stores where it's played constantly. I really can't think of a single one I enjoy.

Is downright awful. Lazy greedy woman wanting a sugar daddy.

Away in a manger

"I saw Mommy Kissing Santa Claus Underneath the Mistletoe"

Did the Google and found a video. When it got to "when mama meets jesus", I literally had the wholebody crawling cringies.
Glad I missed that one over the years.

I had to change the radio station..

nt

...was "Last Christmas".
How the heck did that become a Christmas song?
First, it's whiny & depressing. Second it has nothing to do with Christmas. The date is merely incidental.
I hate that song.

That song is a complete lizard.